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Turkey Sees No Point in Peace Talks If Bombing of Aleppo Continues

© REUTERS / Abdelrahmin IsmailFree Syrian Army and Turkish flags flutter over the Bab Al-Salam border crossing, that is closed from the Turkish side, activists said, in northern Aleppo countryside, Syria, January 18, 2016
Free Syrian Army and Turkish flags flutter over the Bab Al-Salam border crossing, that is closed from the Turkish side, activists said, in northern Aleppo countryside, Syria, January 18, 2016 - Sputnik International
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Ankara considers Geneva peace talks to be pointless if Aleppo air strikes continue, spokesman for the Turkish president Ibrahim Kalyn said Wednesday.

Burnt vehicles are pictured in front of the damaged the Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)-backed al-Quds hospital after it was hit by airstrikes, in a rebel-held area of Syria's Aleppo, April 28, 2016 - Sputnik International
'Silence Period' Extended for 48 Hours in Syria's Aleppo
ANKARA (Sputnik) — Ankara believes that the peace talks in Geneva are pointless if air strikes against the Syrian city of Aleppo continue, spokesman for the Turkish president Ibrahim Kalyn said Wednesday.

"Aleppo's falling apart would mean a lot more than just the loss of the city. If it falls apart, it would ruin the Syrian people's last hope for peace, freedom and dignity. If Russia, the UN and the US are candid in their desire to stop the hostilities, they need to prevent Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime from undermining the last hope. As long as the bombing of Aleppo continues, there is no point in the Geneva Talks," Kalyn told reporters in Ankara.

The latest round of the intra-Syria talks in Geneva took place between April 13-27. The Riyadh-formed Syrian opposition High Negotiations Committee walked out of the talks over the continuous fighting in Syria and the lack of progress on humanitarian issues.

Syria has been mired in civil war since 2011, with government forces fighting numerous opposition groups, including Western-backed allegedly moderate factions, as well as terrorist formations.

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